Many of us in the Misattributed Parentage community have a slightly more circuitous road to travel. In my case, my parents kept my biological father’s identity a secret, likely because I was the product of an affair. I learned this at the age of 58 after taking a consumer DNA test after the death of my younger brother who suffered from a severe psychiatric illness. This led me down a rabbit hole of genetic genealogy and exploring my mother’s history as an adoptee who was raised by her grandmother. She also did not know her father and never had a relationship with her mother. Through my sleuthing I was able to identify my biological father as well as my mother’s. All had long passed away. My memoir is available in serialized form here: https://open.substack.com/pub/johnmoyermedlpcncc/p/my-mothers-ghosts?r=3p5dh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Many of us in the Misattributed Parentage community have a slightly more circuitous road to travel. In my case, my parents kept my biological father’s identity a secret, likely because I was the product of an affair. I learned this at the age of 58 after taking a consumer DNA test after the death of my younger brother who suffered from a severe psychiatric illness. This led me down a rabbit hole of genetic genealogy and exploring my mother’s history as an adoptee who was raised by her grandmother. She also did not know her father and never had a relationship with her mother. Through my sleuthing I was able to identify my biological father as well as my mother’s. All had long passed away. My memoir is available in serialized form here: https://open.substack.com/pub/johnmoyermedlpcncc/p/my-mothers-ghosts?r=3p5dh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web